Autistic women face barriers to safe and supportive maternity care – new research
Autistic women report feeling unheard, misunderstood and even unsafe during pregnancy and childbirth, according to new ...
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Autism in Women: An Under-Diagnosed Reality
Research continues to show that outdated diagnostic criteria, social expectations, and a lack of awareness among ...
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'Noisy' autistic brains seem better at certain tasks. Here's why neuroaffirmative research matters
These studies highlighted how autistic people face issues with everyday tasks that ... Autistic people may have greater success in identifying a simple shape embedded within a more complex design ...
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Why we’re reporting on the challenges autistic adults face
“As Gus ages into adulthood, the list of his challenges that worry me grows longer,” Judith Newman writes of her autistic 18-year-old son. “But the two questions that keep me up at night ...
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Heterogeneity in cortical surface shape of patients with autism spectrum disorders
Evidence from neuroimaging is shedding light on the neuropathology of autism. A recent study by Nordahl et al. has characterized cortical folding patterns in subgroups of autism spectrum disorders ...